War Santa by Tom Keene inspires war-weary readers
The column shares a Christmas message from Tom Keene, an Indiana correspondent, and a wartime prayer asking readers to fill hearts with warmth and keep families secure. The plea honors soldiers afloat and ashore, asking for courage, safety, and restored comradery as ships sail and pilots watch enemy seas. Continue on Page Eight.
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Sailor Dies From Wood Alley Poisoning At Navy Yard
A sailor aboard the USS Che- Sirk at Portsmouth Navy Yard died from alcohol poisoning after investigating a wood portal at Wood Alley. Several crew members became intoxicated. authorities believe the liquor came from an outside source. Medical Examiner C. We Kinghorn filed the death certificate in York County.
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Kittery
Kinghorn
U York County
Naval “Hospital
Portsmouth
Barry R. M kGinley
Usnr
Temperature Shifts Across Regions Tonight
Weather summary notes a change in temperatures with readings around 39 in one area and 28 in another as conditions vary across locations tonight.
Cape Occupied on New Britain by U S Forces
General MacArthur announced that U S Sixth Army troops have occupied the Cape Merkus peninsula in the Arawe sector of New Britain. The lodgment completes control of the three mile neck near Arawe harbor, with Pilelo island overrun, as part of the invasion launched four days earlier. American air forces downed 14 Japanese bombers and fighters while patrols cleared the invasion point of snipers.
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New Guinea
United States
Sixth Army
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Arawe
New Britain Island
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Big Island
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New Britain
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Vitiag Straits
Huon Peninsula
Sanga River
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Macarthur
Twenty Dollars Stolen From Gas Station At State Street
A theft report states $20 was stolen from a Fleet Service station on 1 State Street. Officer Roland Gmart found the entry window smashed in the rear. City Marshal Leonard H. Hewitt notes the cash register was emptied. The station is owned by Mrs Walter Kopanski of North Hampton.
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Fleet
State Street
Roland Gmart
Portsmouth
Leonard H. Hewitt
Walter ©. Kopanski
North Hampton
Mancini Golden Anniversary Celebrated in Portsmouth
Mr and Mrs Nicholas Mancini of 83 Gates street celebrate their golden wedding anniversary with a family reunion at home. They have seven children, 33 grandchildren, four in the armed forces and a great grandchild. The couple, natives of Italy, settled in Portsmouth 35 years ago. Mr Mancini, 87, retired gardener. Mrs Mancini, 71, knits and sews. Children include Isageio Pento Portsmouth Anthony Mancini Portland Mrs Anthony Creme Portland Mrs Samus Creste Portsmouth Mrs Glood Branch Portsmouth and Norman L Smith Springfield. Four grandsons serving include Pie, Joan D Cresta USMC, Pie Joseph Cremo USMC Hawaii, dosepn Fento USN, Joseph Mancini USCG Oklahoma City.
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Gates Street
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Portsmouth
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Mrs. Mancini
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Anthony Mancini
Portland
Anthony Creme
Samus Creste
Glood Branch
Merchant Marine Service
Norman. L. Smith
Springfield
Alfred Julian
Tat Ariied
Pie
Joan D. Cresta
USMC
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Hawaii
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USN
Cpl
Joseph Mancini
Gee
Oklahome City
Okla
FDR's soaring image and Roosevelts' wide travel reach
New York columns boast Franklin D Roosevelt as a global figure, likening him to a skyward icon while noting the Roosevelt entourage travels widely. The piece humorously contrasts public perception with the president's frequent journeys from Washington to New York and beyond reaching as far as Australia and Zanzibar.
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New York
Manhattan
Franklin
Australia
Zanzibar
Christmas Programs in Portsmouth
Christmas week events organized by Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce retail division announced by secretary James W. Tucker. A 26 foot municipal tree rises in Market Square with a greens decorated community stage and amplified broadcasts across the business district. Santa arrives Monday with police and firemen. a jeep tour of residences Tuesday precedes another square appearance.
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Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce West
James W. Tucker
Chamber
Market Square
Eugene Cummings
Kingsbury
First National Bank
People's Baptist Church
Court Street
Chamber of Commerce
Daniels Street
Music Shop
Aplre
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Advent Church
Kiwanis
Rotary
College
Faiman Players
Portsmouth
Catholic Daughters of America
Dow
New Hampshire Gas and Medtric
Congress
Santa Claus
Hole Court
Charles M. Dale
R. C. L. Greer
OPA Finds Many Price Violations in New Hampshire
An OPA survey in New Hampshire found frequent price ceiling violations on six items. War Price and Rationing staff, with local OPA survey teams, checked bacon macaroni shortening wheat cereal sanitary napkins and anti-freeze across four stores over three days to measure compliance and test staff effectiveness versus volunteers.
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OPA
New Hampshire
Portsmouth
Military Police Bar Wreck Photos Near Lumberton
Two AP photographers and a Red Cross disaster reporter were blocked at the Lumberton wreck scene. Military police seized the Red Cross cameraman’s film and tossed it into a fire, while AP photographer Bill Belene said officers arrested him seeking images. Army officials claimed no photo authorization without approval from the railroad’s district superintendent.
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Fayettevile
N. OC
R. G. Murchison
Atlantic Coast Line Railway
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Morehiso
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Harold Tyler
Fourth Service Command
Atlanta
Army
Ralph L. Howland
Associated Press
Red Springs
Yanks Rout Nazis From Pillboxes In White Russia
Allied and Soviet reports describe fierce actions across multiple fronts. In Italy Fifth Army gains high ground around San Pietro and advances near Cassino while combating renewed German counterattacks. In Russia the Red Army reportedly drives near Nevel and Vyzha, with Moscow noting intensified pressure on Xirovograd and counterattacks near Kiev.
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Liri
Cassino
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Reime
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Venafro
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Red Army
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Roosevelt reports Cairo Teheran talks promise postwar peace
President Roosevelt returns to Washington after a 36 day trip stirred by a Nazi plot against the Big Three. He says the Cairo Teheran conferences offer peace prospects for this generation and notes future world broadcasts to expand on the meetings with Churchill Stalin and Chiang Kai-shek. He cites security amid a busy domestic agenda and hints at further meetings.
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Roosevelt
White House
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Chiang Kai-shek
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Congressions
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Teheran
Iran
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Cairo-Teperan
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N.Y
Grant Store Fire Causes Smoke Damage on Congress Street
A fire at the W. T. Grant store on Congress Street started from an overheated furnace yesterday afternoon. Firemen led by Chief George T. Cogan ripped out back-wall partitions to extinguish the chimney blaze with chemical sprays. An alarm sounded at 2:25 with smoke and flames detected by one clerk.
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W. T. Grant
Congress Street
Arcadia Theater
George T. Cogan
War Orphaned Kids Claim Kittery Uncle Figure
Two British war orphans Rennie and Helen call Capt William Locke of Ritters, leader of American engineers in England, their uncle. The American Red Cross in Great Britain says 1200 pounds were raised to sponsor them under the Stars and Stripes War Orphans Fund. The fund has made over 260 British children nieces and mascots of the battalion's men. The British government provides pensions, but adoptive uncles ensure extra needs are met over a five year span. Engineers of Locke's battalion even funded transport costs for visiting their niece and nephew to London assignments.
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Ritters
England
Hed Cross
Rennie
Helen
Stars and Stripes
American Red Cross
Great Britain
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Kheki
Ronnie
William J. Locke
USA
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Captain Locke
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